Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff Irish Song Lyrics And Chords
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff sheet music lyrics and chords. Written by Percy French and recorded by Paddy Reilly from The Dubliners. I suppose it's quiet fitting that a ballad singer that has the same name as the song should record it. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included. The Dubliners play this song in the key of E Major.[ Paddy Reilly Version ] The Fields Of Athenry song was brought to light by the singing of Paddy Reilly all those years ago. I remember Paddy doing an interview one time with Joe Duffy and Pete St. John who wrote The Fields Of Athenry and Paddy happened to say how easy the chords were to all Pete's songs.
The[D] Garden of[D7] Eden has[G] vanished, they[D] say
But I[Bm] know the[A7] lie of it[D] still;
Just[D] turn to the[D7] left at the[G] bridge of Fin[A]ea
And[D] stop when half[A7]way to Coote[D]hill.
'Tis[G] there I will find it,
I[F#m] know sure e[Bm]nough
When[A] fortune has[E7] come to me[A] call,
Oh the[D] grass it is[D7] green around[G] Ballyjames[A]duff
And the[D] blue sky is[A] over it[D] all.
And[G] tones that are tender and[F#m] tones that are gruff
AreA] whispering over the sea,,,[A7]
"Come[D] back, Paddy[D7] Reilly to[G] Ballyjames[A]duff
Come[D] home, Paddy[A] Reilly, to[D] me".
My mother once told me that when I was born
The day that I first saw the light,
I looked down the street on that very first morn
And gave a great crow of delight.
Now most newborn babies appear in a huff,
And start with a sorrowful squall,
But I knew I was born in Ballyjamesduff
And that's why I smiled on them all.
The baby's a man, now he's toil-worn and tough
Still, whispers come over the sea,
"Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
The night that we danced by the light of the moon,
Wid Phil to the fore wid his flute,
When Phil threw his lip over "Come Again Soon,
He's dance the foot out o' yer boot!
The day that I took long Magee by the scruff
For slanderin' Rosie Kilrain,
Then, marchin' him straight out of Ballyjamesduff,
Assisted him into a drain.
Oh, sweet are the dreams, as the dudeen I puff,
Of whisperings over the sea,
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
I've loved the young women of every land,
That always came easy to me;
Just barrin' the belles of the Black-a-moor brand
And the chocolate shapes of Feegee.
But that sort of love is a moonshiny stuff,
And never will addle me brain,
For the bells will be ringin' in Ballyjamesduff
For me and me Rosie Kilrain!
And through all their glamour, their gas and their guff
A whisper comes over the sea,
"Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me".
I've struck oil at last!
I've struck work, and I vow
I've struck some remarkable clothes,
I've struck a policeman for sayin' that now,
I'd go back to my beautiful Rose.
The belles they may blarney,
the boys they may bluff
But this I will always maintain,
No place in the world like Ballyjamesduff
No guril ,,,, like Rosie Kilrain.
I've paid for my passage, the sea may be rough
But borne on each breeze there will be,
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me".
But I[Bm] know the[A7] lie of it[D] still;
Just[D] turn to the[D7] left at the[G] bridge of Fin[A]ea
And[D] stop when half[A7]way to Coote[D]hill.
'Tis[G] there I will find it,
I[F#m] know sure e[Bm]nough
When[A] fortune has[E7] come to me[A] call,
Oh the[D] grass it is[D7] green around[G] Ballyjames[A]duff
And the[D] blue sky is[A] over it[D] all.
And[G] tones that are tender and[F#m] tones that are gruff
AreA] whispering over the sea,,,[A7]
"Come[D] back, Paddy[D7] Reilly to[G] Ballyjames[A]duff
Come[D] home, Paddy[A] Reilly, to[D] me".
My mother once told me that when I was born
The day that I first saw the light,
I looked down the street on that very first morn
And gave a great crow of delight.
Now most newborn babies appear in a huff,
And start with a sorrowful squall,
But I knew I was born in Ballyjamesduff
And that's why I smiled on them all.
The baby's a man, now he's toil-worn and tough
Still, whispers come over the sea,
"Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
The night that we danced by the light of the moon,
Wid Phil to the fore wid his flute,
When Phil threw his lip over "Come Again Soon,
He's dance the foot out o' yer boot!
The day that I took long Magee by the scruff
For slanderin' Rosie Kilrain,
Then, marchin' him straight out of Ballyjamesduff,
Assisted him into a drain.
Oh, sweet are the dreams, as the dudeen I puff,
Of whisperings over the sea,
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
I've loved the young women of every land,
That always came easy to me;
Just barrin' the belles of the Black-a-moor brand
And the chocolate shapes of Feegee.
But that sort of love is a moonshiny stuff,
And never will addle me brain,
For the bells will be ringin' in Ballyjamesduff
For me and me Rosie Kilrain!
And through all their glamour, their gas and their guff
A whisper comes over the sea,
"Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me".
I've struck oil at last!
I've struck work, and I vow
I've struck some remarkable clothes,
I've struck a policeman for sayin' that now,
I'd go back to my beautiful Rose.
The belles they may blarney,
the boys they may bluff
But this I will always maintain,
No place in the world like Ballyjamesduff
No guril ,,,, like Rosie Kilrain.
I've paid for my passage, the sea may be rough
But borne on each breeze there will be,
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me".
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff sheet music lyrics and chords
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come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff lyrics
Paddy Reilly Irish folk singer
